Shoe-fastener



(NoModeiJ J. M. MOHENRY.

SHOE FASTENER. No. 374,984. Patented Dec. 20, 1887.

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO JOHN M. MGHENRY, OF GREENLEAF, KANSAS.

SHOE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,984, dated December 20. 1887.

Application filed August 11, 1887. Serial No. 246,708. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN M. MOHENRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Green leaf, in the county of Washington and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ShoeFasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to shoe-fasteners; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts, hereinafter 'fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of the fastener when closed. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is aside view of the fastener when open.

All the figures show the fastener considerably enlarged in size.

A is a round disk having the shank a.

B is a second disk provided with a screwthreaded stem, 12, which is screwed into the shank a, so that one portion of the shoe is firmly secured between the two disks.

0 is a lever provided with a bifurcated end, 0, substantially at right angles to the lever,- and pivotally connected to the end of the shank a by the pin D.

The lever C is round and tapers to the end, which is its smallest part. It is provided with the globular enlargement c at itsjunction with the bifurcated end 0, which enlargement also forms a stop, a, to prevent the lever from being opened too wide. The peculiar form of this lever enables it to engage with the eyein the leather with great facility. The eye is opened to its fullest extent by the part c',whieh is larger than the bifurcated end, so that the eye slides down freely over the said end and the shank. The eye always bears against the bifurcated end on each side of the shank and keeps the end of the lever pressed down upon the leather. When the fastener is opened, the eye is lifted clear of the shank from both sides by the said bifurcated end, so that it isimpossible for the eye to catch up, and the leather is not worn away. The bifurcated end 0 comes down upon the disk A when the fastening is closed, 'so that the leather cannot catch up between the lever and the stem. The edges'a of the bifurcated end are rounded to permit the lever to turn upon its pin. The eye in the shoe is slipped over the lever, as indicated by the dotted linesin Fig. 3, and the lever is then turned upon its pivot until the said eye bears against the bifurcated end of it and the said shank, as shown in Fig. 1.

Vhat I claim is- In a shoe-fastener, the combination of the disk A, having the central projecting shank, a, the disk B, having the screw-threaded stem 2), engaging with the said shank, the tapering lever O, provided with the bifurcated end 0,

the globular enlargement c, the stop 0*, and the rounded edges a, and the pin D, pivoting the said lever to the said shank, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. MOHENRY. W'itnesses:

JOHN H. MoHENRY, NANNIE E. MCHENR 

